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Tag Archives: photograph
Hanky panky in the headmaster’s office (Rousse)
It was my first day back at school and, before lessons even started, I was called into the headmaster’s office for turning up late. I tried to explain that after years of working in academia I was completely unused to … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, authority, birdlife, blue, bus, cable car, cashmere, girls, green, hanky panky, head teacher, headmaster, hill, jersey, jumper, lake, late, lessons, London, lover, lovers, mountain, office, photograph, rooms, school, semi-frozen, snow, Stockton-on-Tees, sweater, taxi, Teesside High School, television, TV
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A bread and chocolate breakfast feast (Rousse)
I woke up in a single bed in a luxurious Perth hotel. SC, in the bed to the left of me, was already awake and watching a BBC nature documentary on her iPad. There came a knock on the door … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, bed, bread, breakfast, butler, butlers, Canada, chocolate, colleague, cousin, documentary, father, game, hotel, husband, ice-breaker, internship, iPad, librarians, MacUser, magazine, mother, nature, Nutella, parents, Perth, photograph, snog, statistics, stats, teaching, Toblerone, trolley, undergraduate
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Animal magic in the Edinburgh New Town (Rousse)
I rushed back into the study with my camera to photograph the orange toucans perched in the tree at the window. Two minutes earlier had been beside myself with excitement when I learnt that members of this exotic species had … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, animal magic, BBC1, camera, chilly, Edinburgh, exotic, family, flock, Johnny Morris, jungle, magic, monkey, monkeys, New Town, north, Orange, perch, photograph, repeat, repeats, scene, species, study, toucan, toucans, tree, tropical, wall, wildlife, window, yard
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Australian dinosaur surprise (Rousse)
Although it was the middle of December, I was luxuriating in the warmth of summer thanks to a speaking invitation at a conference in Australia. Dressed in a light cotton skirt, I wandered through the grounds of the conference centre … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Australian, bird, birds, camera, centre, conference, corner, December, dinosaur, elephant, exotic, ferocious, fled, flee, grounds, invitation, photograph, skirt, speaking, summer, warm, wildlife
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Dangerous waves in Ullapool and a miskeyed credit card number (Rousse)
I pulled into the parking space just on the approach to Ullapool so that I could photograph the interesting wave formation as it hit land. Unfortunately the moment that I placed the camera case on the ground a huge wave … Continue reading
US air show “disaster” miracle (Rousse)
I wondered whether a holiday in Scotland was sufficient entertainment for my two girlfriends. However, all my doubts evaporated on our last day when the skies cleared, the sun came out, and we stumbled upon a spectacular air display. We … Continue reading
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Tagged air, air show, American, anorak, approach. pouch, bag, bank, belongings, binoculars, boys, camera, cameras, case, crowd, disaster, display, engine, engines, entertainment, fly, force, girlfriend, girlfriends, grass, Hull, Humber Bridge, hunt, impact, loop, loops, man, men, miracle, north, photo, photograph, photographs, photos, pit, plane, planes, possessions, retrieve, river, riverbank, roar, safety, scatter, Scotland, scream, share, shots, show, sky, sun, Sutherland, teenager, thud, trousers, US, vantage, wait, watch, waterproof, Yorkshire
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Brad Pitt tattoos his forehead in latest celebrity revelation (Rousse)
Brad Pitt sat at the end of my bed at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. In such close proximity to the famous movie star, I could see that his face was covered in tiny freckles. These comprised a mixture of miniscule … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, anxieties, attempt, Balmoral Hotel, bed, bill, blonde, blue, Brad Pitt, call, camera, Canon, celebrity, chat, children, compact, condition, covers, cubicle, digital, distract, dream, dreaming, Edinburgh, Facebook, film, flecks, forehead, freckles, Friends, hairline, ink, iPhone, Madonna, movie, Orange, photo, photograph, picture, pinpricks, post, pounds, revelation, sheet, sheets, Skype, star, strange, tattoo, tattoos, thousands, TPR
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Edinburgh International Festival Virgin Money Fireworks Concert lends magic to the city (Rousse)
Virgin Money scored an enormous coup with its advertising campaign for the Edinburgh International Festival Fireworks concert. Nobody could work out how it was done, but at about 08:00am on the morning of the concert itself the skies over Edinburgh … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, advertising, black, burst, calf, camera, campaign, castle, chain, Claremont Crescent, concert, coup, cow, darken, daughter, display, documentary, Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Festival, festivities, fireworks, garden, God, god-daughter, graze, hotel, magic, normal, ordinary, photograph, Pizza Express, publicity, railings, residential, skies, sky, snapshot, streets, trailer, Virgin Money
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New CalMac service covers land and sea (Rousse)
We caught the new CalMac service that travelled to the Outer Hebrides via Hexham. It was a very special boat that could cover both land and sea. I very much enjoyed riding along beside the dolphins, even though trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, Caledonian Ma, Calmac, camera, Darlington Road, dolphin, dolphins, drama, Edinburgh, Elmwood, family, fete, film, garden fete, Hexham, historical, land, Leith Walk, north, Outer Hebrides, photograph, ride, route, Scotland, sea, seat, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees
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